For the first time the competitors will run across the newly-built Worli-Bandra Sea Link this year. The total prize-money on offer is $310,000, of which the men and women's winners will get $35,000 each.

Last year's runner-up David Tarus of Kenya, his compatriot Luka Chelimo and Ethiopia's Gebo Burka are among the top contenders who will participate in the 42-km run.

Ethiopians Haile Kabebush and three-time winner and course record holder (2:34:08) Mulu Seboka are the front runners in the women's race.